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Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Tue May 03, 2016 11:34 pm
by Cody
The grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest will be broadcast live on US TV for the first time this month.
Such joyous tidings for those who dwell in the land of E pluribus unum.

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 9:30 am
by Disembodied
An economics professor says his flight was delayed because a fellow passenger thought the equations he was writing might be a sign he was a terrorist.
Although to be fair, as an economist, he's probably capable of doing a lot more damage to society than your average terrorist ...

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 3:50 pm
by Cody
<grins> Should economists be put on the B-Ark? This made me chuckle:
Guido Menzio was taken off and questioned by agents who did not identify themselves...

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 12:02 pm
by Cody
"Climate change is characterised by rising temperatures, more extreme weather patterns and more areas becoming less suitable for livestock," said Prof Hanotte. "The dromedary will be our better option for livestock production - of meat and milk. It could replace cattle and even sheep and goats that are less well-adapted."
Mmmm, camel curry - yummy!

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 6:45 pm
by Cody
"If you ask yourself where is the next habitable planet likely to be, it's within about 11 light-years, which is very close," said Dr Batalha.
Love the 'very close' bit. Kepler's been at it again - article here.

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 5:40 am
by Wildeblood
Cody wrote:
"If you ask yourself where is the next habitable planet likely to be, it's within about 11 light-years, which is very close," said Dr Batalha.
Love the 'very close' bit. Kepler's been at it again - article here.
If the small-minded bureaucrats of today had been running the Admiralty in the 1760s, Australia and Antarctica would still be undiscovered.

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 6:04 pm
by Cody
Serena Williams made herself ill after eating dog food hours before reaching the last eight of the Italian Open. The world number one tried "a spoonful" of food meant for her dog, Chip, before beating fellow American Christina McHale in straight sets in Rome.

"I thought 'what the heck, I'm gonna try a piece, it looks good'," she said.
<guffaws>

Was it Wolfenstein where you had to eat the dog food?

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 12:44 am
by phkb
It was. 5 point boost to health if I remember correctly.

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 11:28 am
by Cody
Concerning Donald Trump being elected POTUS:
"I have huge and infinite faith in the American people that he won't be," she said.

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 11:08 pm
by Cody
In a non-homogeneous model of the Sun, the core is around 39,000 years younger than the surface.
Fiendish stuff, is gravitational time dilation.

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 4:39 pm
by Cody
"My cock's part of the French football legend and yet I can't bring him to a game," he said.

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 10:11 am
by Cody
Alastair Cook wrote:
Just call me Commander!

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 10:09 am
by Cody
Igor Lebedev posted on Twitter: "I don't see anything wrong with the fans fighting. Quite the opposite, well done lads, keep it up!"
Back to the '70s we go! Zigger zagger, zigger zagger! Oi! Oi! Oi!

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 2:11 pm
by Disembodied
It's a little bit late, but ...
What's the point of Trident, if it doesn't stop the Russians from equalising in extra time?

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 3:13 pm
by Cody
Phew!